320 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie Grant on Birds 
228. Melierax Niger. 
Melierax niger (Vieill.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. 
p. 91 (1874) ; id. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 506 ; Lort Phillips, Ibis, 
1898, p. 419; Hawker, Ibis, 1899, p. 77. 
a . ¥ . Kassim river, Abyssinia, 20 January, 1899. (No. 
245.) 
Iris red-brown ; bill black ; cere yellow ; legs orange. 
229. Butastur rufipennis. 
Butastur rufipennis Sund. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. 
p. 299 (1874). 
«. <$. Beni Schongul, Abyssinia, 2 May, 1899. (No. 
490.) 
Iris yellow ; bill blue at tip, at base and round eye yellow ; 
legs yellow. 
230. Buteo augur. 
Buteo augur (Rupp.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 175 
(1874) ; id. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 507. 
a . ¥ imm. Gadaburka, Abyssinia, 21 January, 1899. 
(No. 252.) 
b. £. Borumeda, Abyssinia, 9 February, 1899. (No. 
309.) 
c. ¥ . Borumeda, Abyssinia, 13 February, 1899. (No. 
311.) 
a. 2 imm. Iris brown ; bill steel-blue; legs yellow. 
b. $. Very old bird. Iris brown; bill black, base 
yellow ; legs dark yellow. 
$ adult. Iris brown; bill dark blue; base and corners 
of mouth yellow; legs yellow. 
[This Buzzard was met with throughout Abyssinia on the 
highland plateaux as well as on the plains.— L.] 
231. POLIOHIERAX SEMITORQUATUS. 
Poliohierax semitorquatus (Smith) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 
Mus. i. p. 370 (1874) ; id. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 510; Lort 
Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 420; Hawker, Ibis, 1899, p. 78. 
a. c? . Hawash, Abyssinia, 17 January, 1899. (No. 211.) 
b. ?. „ „ „ „ (No. 212.) 
Iris brown ; bill bluish, dark at tip; legs orange-red. 
